Meg Cychosz

Are you teaching a course in phonetics or phonology this semester/quarter? Would you like your students to get some hands-on experience with linguistic research? Help us annotate [thousands of!] vocalizations from babies all over the world! zooniverse.org/projects/laacz…

But I can't let perfect be the enemy of good. If you find a mistake, just tell me! The tutorials aren't peer-reviewed or anything, so I don't much credit for them. I just think DSP is super important and I wanted to make it accessible to more people.

Also, after sitting on this for a very (very) long time, I'm finally publicly sharing the tutorial series I wrote on digital signal processing 🎶🗣️>👩‍💻>🔢: github.com/megseekosh/dsp…

I was scared to share these for a long time, because I'm not a trained engineer. I anticipate that my code isn't perfect, and I may have made some mistakes given that I'm self taught.

joint work w @RachelRRomeo, @ronewman1, and Jan Edwards

Back (temporarily) from a very sleepy Twitter hiatus to announce a couple cool new products (idk where I'm supposed to self-promote anymore, so here we are) # 1: new paper showing that kids who hear "bustier" input have larger receptive vocabularies: osf.io/preprints/psya…

we are hiring TT in phonology this year! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08783 The core qualification...[is] expertise in phonological theory. Additional qualifications... are expertise in phonological experimentation, fieldwork experience, and computational expertise.

@RachelRRomeo ❤️ you both!

@nrgslp Do you know brands?

@megseekosh SU uses the same system for research as in clinic: a series of wall-mounted room cameras/mics with web-based viewing and basic camera control for panning. Researchers log parents in to the correct room cam at the parent observation stations

Ppl in developmental labs: how do you allow caregivers to monitor their kids in the testing room during experiments? Wall-mounted web cam streaming to caregiver’s cell? Baby monitor? We had sthg more elaborate at UMD but it involved construction and I want to avoid that.

@linguistMasoud No! I buy books (especially children’s books) in languages I’ll never learn. Books are beautiful and writing systems are art.

Is it a sin to buy books and never read them?

@Fede_Bulgarelli They were trying not to give me admin rights on my own damn computer. I was like, there is 0 chance I’m coming to you goons every time I need to update R.

@megseekosh Also why does IT insist on being the enemy? I do know what I'm trying to do with my software, thank you very much.

Sometimes I wonder if UCLA admin sits up at night concocting ways to put a damper on my research program: 6 mos to hire a research coordinator, 4 mos to get a vendor for audio equipment approved (not ordered. just approved), 3 mos to get an RA at another institution hired...

@m_faytak Wearable audio recorders

@Fede_Bulgarelli Wowowow.

@megseekosh 3 months for procurement to submit an order for digital gift cards through their approved buyer! I feel your painnn

@RachelRRomeo Yes I’m sure it was the same one, and the delay was exclusively due to UCLA, not the vendor.

Find someone who looks at you the way Scott Moisik looks at simulating self-sustaining oscillation of the epiglottis #icphs2023

@icphs2023 today starting at 2:40, our session co-organized with @CristiaAlex on “Novel approaches to studying vocal development.” Lots of (diverse) languages, lots of babies, and of course because it’s me and Alex, LOTS of daylong recordings - hope to see you there!

@icphs2023 today starting at 2:40, an amazing session co-organized w @CristiaAlex on “Novel approaches to studying vocal development.” Lots of languages, lots of babies, and of course because it’s me and Alex, LOTS of daylong recordings - hope to see you there!

@NIH_LRP Pls contact me if you want to learn more about the program. I will make time to talk to you about it and am happy to share all of my application materials.

@NIH_LRP 2) don’t have a privileged socioeconomic background. I want more people to benefit from this program! You forgo *years* of $$$ in grad school+postdoc and unless you can rely on sig. intergenerational wealth transfer, you must find a way to make up for it.

I am grateful to receive a renewal on my @NIH_LRP award to study speech processing in preschoolers. It will cancel my outstanding debt, allowing me to buy a house. I’m sharing this to show a pathway to success in academia even if you 1) graduated with debt &